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We have boon requested to publish llie !
following: portion of (lie late Gen. M. 13.'
Lamar's celebrated poein entitled
ON THE DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER.
IN REPLY TO LINKS RECEIVKIl PROM THE
"REV. EDWAIID FONTAINE, Al'SitN, TEXAS.
The eighth verse '? ?? quoted by bis j
frieml, Gen. lln^h M?*I,e?>d, on Momlav
last, and lias lu'en kindly laid upmi ?>nr table
by that gentleman.? Galveston jVcwk.
i
AU honor to 11>\- minstrel skill.
jiftiir trieiul at happier <iny*;
Tl?y notos are sweet, but sweeter still
The love that prompts thy lays.
From sorrows deep, and cherished long.
Thou fain wouM.it free my heart?
Thou wouldst, by thine uct'suitine soiijr,
New Ii :|ies mid ji<ys impart.
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in.
2><?r wmil.i I, if I <rou!il, revive
From my distraction wii?] ;
I love the grief that keeps alive
The memory of n>y ehiid ;
And if again by hope betrayed, I
, My soul should court repose,
KIow poorly would the cuilt be pnid,
3iv all that earth bestows.
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The morning slur tliul. fudes from sight,
Still Imams upon tin; miiul ; !
So riotli iier beauty leave the light
Of memory behind.
Though lost to earth?loo early gone? i
By othurs seen no more,
She is to me still shining on.
And brighter thun before.
* * * * *
vnr.
The snri-ed love, tin- holy wchf,
A w uketicd by the dead,
Are like (lie fragrance of thu ruse
When nil ila lines are tli*d ;
Ami a# besides the grave \vc stand,
The iniMiriiftil thoughts thnt rise.
Are whispers fri'in the Spii it-Land?
Sweet voices frmn the skies.
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XVII
Tlie only boon, 0 fio-l, I eravo.
l;i soon thy fact.- to see ;
I long to pass the dull, cold grave,
Arid wing my way to thee?
To thee, O God, and ull my friends
In thine eternal sphere.
Where I may make some poor amends,
For all 1113- errors here.
M33SAGE OF GOV. LETCIIER OF VIRGIinA.
The first message of Gov. Lcteher was
read to the two houses ot* (lie. Virginia Legislature,
oil Snturdby last. It is finitely
devoted to Federal polities. lie makes the
following suggestions;
The only mode, therefore, of remedying
the evil, that oecvirs to i(K\ niuler the Celt
8lilution, is provided in the fifth article
thereof. Summon a Convent ion of all the
States, that a full and free conference may
be held between the representatives of the
people, elected for this purpose, and thus i
ascertain whether the questions in oontro
versy cannot he settled upon some basis ;
mutually satisfactory to both sections. If .
such a convention shall assemble, and after !
free and full <onsuitnti<n and minparison :
of opinions, they shall dud that the differences
between the slavehohlintj and nun- j
slaveholditig States are irreconcilable, let J
them consider the question of a peacablc
separation ami the adjustment of all que*- ;
tions relating to the disposition of the comraon
property between the two sections. If
theyean be reconciled, let them adjust the. |
tbo terms and give them such sanctions as |
will render them effective.
I suggest, therefore, that you adopt reso- I
tutionn in favar of tho call of such a tjon- i
t veDlion, nnd appeal to the Legislature* of i
the several States to unite in the applies- |
tion proposed to be made to CoifJjre.*1*, in
pursuance of the provisions of the articles
foresaid. If the nonslaveholding States
shall fail to refuse to unite in the application,
such failure or refusal will furnish conclusive
evidence of a determination on their
part to keep up the agitation, and to continue
thfiiKntrnrresnion* nnnn 11a Tftha IVwn.
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veotion shall meet, and the question cannot
be satisfactorily adjusted, it will furnish evdence
equally conclusive of their deterrninalion.
In either event, the people of the
.Sooth will clearly-^understand what they
. i$)Kj>eot in the future. ?
It frill doubtless be objected to this suggestion
that it looks to disunion. Grant it
if yon please. Is not the danger of disunk
ion imminent now, and is not the publio
mind, North and South, deeply agitated by
WtpfHwoyioa,j|p> the daya of the Union
?r? numbered t .-Disunion speeches are
the day in deliberate bodies
l .
State and National, and tb? press teems 'i
j with the same sort of matter, editorial com- J
j munieatcd nnd selected. Southern Legis- !
j latures nYe ertiploved in considering the ' i
i best modes of protecting the honor and <
I lights of their States, mid are making pro J
vision fur arming discipline the militia with i
sole reference to their protection ami do- I
i fence,either in or out of the Union. Ever'v
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I man sees and focls that dangers are impend- |
! ing over us, ntid that disunion is not only a j
possible, but a highly probable event, and
at no distant day. When these things are
so. surelv the cnmitiv can look- nmin /Iwim
ion from (he stand point which I occupy, i
If men cannot calmly look upon it, at this :
distance, they on<;ht to cease the tit tern nee !
of disunion sentiments, ami permit, the pub !
lie mind to settle down, preparatory to sub- |
mission Oil the part of the Smith.
I also siijjjjesl that a commission, to eon- :
, t
sist ot two of our most intellijjenl, discreet |
and experienced statesmen. sliall b<; ap- <
pointed, whose duty it sliall he to visit the
Legislatures of those Slates which have
passed laws to the execution of the fugitive
slave aet, :ui"l insist. in I In' mine <>l" Virginia,
upon their unconditional repeal. In sup-'
port nf the of the appointment !
of a coin mission, n preceih tit is to !><; fount? ,
in ilte history of our own in tlie ap- ,
poiiitineiH of the ?1 istin_t;ni?-l?iy* Benjamin j
Wat kins Lei??li; who was commission <! to i
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visit tin* Legislature of South Carolina, at the ! (
time 1.1 tin* controversy between that State J
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fllHI III'* I'lNHTii! * rOVlTIIKMH. 1 III' CXISICHO* |
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of tin- I nion whs tln-n grially imperilled, | (
and the action of Virginia exerted a most \ .
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liaiit'V inllui*n-?e in bringing about a settle:
I
iii4*ii 1 that averted the dimmer ami restored ;
peace to the country. That crisis in public j
a flairs almost as s'.-rious ami alarming ! j
as at present.
That eoniroversy linsno"" reached a point j ,
which demands a sp Iv settlement, if the i i
Union is to be saved from dissolution. 11*! t
tin- aggressions to which we haw been sub- ! .
jccted for so many V'-ars, arc to be repealed j
if mutual di-tnjsi ami suspicion ara to con- j ,
tiruie, ami if the si?t-ti?n?;il Ut-pnMiean can- ' ,
<!iilalo to tin; I'lcsiik-m-y in 1800. is to In- }
superadded, it is usc!?!-s to attempt to con- | |
? ?:?I tin; fact, thai in tht? present leinpcr of i j
the Southern people, it cannot Ik*, and will ! i
not l>e submitted to. Tlio "invprosMlilfl j ,
n:..." i >
annoilIU'CM mm :t !VocatCd j
by the ablest and most distinguished leader j
of the Republican party, is an op<*n dec.lara- |
lion of war against this institution of Afri
can slavery wherever it exists, ami I would 1
In; disloyal to Virginia and the South, if 1 j
did not declare thai the election of such a j
man, entertaining sentiments and advocating
suc.h doctrines, ought to be resisted by
the slaveholding States. The idea of per- t
mitting such a man to have control and di- |
rection of the Army and Navy of the United j |
Slatcst and tlie appointment of high jndi- j
eial and executive oflv-ers, postmasters in- .
ehid?*d, cannot be entertained by tlie South (
for a moment. ' ,
I am now anil have over boon a friend <
lo tlie Union of the States. I appreciate <
ils value, jtrdenlly desire its preservation, '
ami would not rashly hazard its existence. ]
1 have presented tm>se views in the earn- est
hope that the. Northern miiul may l>e 1
brought to reflection, and that the oonscr- 1
vati>m of that section may ho aroused and j ?
stimulated to immediate action. It will re- >
quire prompt and decided action on their |
part, if mutual confidence shall be revived )
.Hid distrust and suspieiou shall he banished |
from ani'>n?;st us. A wise, prudent and : '
considerate course innv Paw the Union, in i
lliis luxir of its peril. To thi< end, I am j
prepareil to do all I hat honor, duty and pa- j
t riot ism enjoins upon mo. i ?
Whether the Union shall survive or per- i i
i-h, it is iiewri licless, your duty to place the ! 1
Slate in such a condition that she will be j '
prepated at all limes, and upon the shortest | i
notice, tn protect her honor, defend her 1
rights, and maintain her in?titut ions against
all assault* ofhor enemies. With thisview '<
I n-commend a careful revision of the mil)- 1
tia l;nv ; and in this connection I suggest 1
that munitions of war be procured Hnd <
provision made for the organization of an
tftb-ient military staff. It would do well, I
also to specify in the law, the number of i
aids to which the Governor is entitled, and i
designate their rank. I cordially approve l
the bill herewith sent, for the organization
of a brigade of minu'e men, prepared by a
.i ?
gentleman rcinaruablu for lhs intelligence,
military knowledge and experience. And, j
I re?:omtpend the Virginia Military Institute !
to your favorable consideration, and urge !
thai liberal appropriations bo made for enlarging
the building and extending the sphere
of its usefulness, ,
By your legislation encourage a spbit of ,
independents amongst the peopje, foster
direct trad**, manufactures and the mechanic
arts by all legitimate mode*. Our internal
improvements should be poshed forward to
completion' aa rapidly w the mows of the
State will warrant, aa.aids to direct tr*4*
aod State jndependeoce.
The Uw? pf the State shall be fcitfcfVl
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executed, her rights defended, her instill- j
Lions maintained, and her honor scrupu- |
lously gnarded and protected. My only [
object is to discourage my dnty us to secure
the confidence and win the respect
run! approbation of my Tellow-citizelis of i
Virginia. I will be fonnd icadv, therefore. |
to co-operato in all measures calculated to
rlevelope her unbounded resources and promote
the happiness and the prosperity of
her people.
Respectfully,
JOHN- LETCI1E1J.
inc. ivniLAUAU V/uriJJUUAUJtl.
Tim position of a railroad conductor is
Hie of proa I responsibility, ami can only
he well filled by ? man possessing n combination
of peculiar qualifications. He
11111*1 nccessarilv Ik; a {reutleman, for bis
laily duties require tliC ConMaul <>XOrci-e I
[if every quality which niiikes thegentlemaii. ;
He must possess h temper of admirable ami !
mi vi<-lil int? equality. Ilis convcisatiounl
powers must bo immense, and bis fund of I
information upon every variety of topic j
must be inexhaustible. Under nil i-iii iim
itiMKvs ? at ;t 11 times ami in ail places, h?? 1
mast l>e prepared to answer all suits of
piustions?all sorts of people, politely and
atisfaetorily.
The duties of liis avocation luing liitn
iito every xariety of collision with aH sorts
>f characters. Tins inflexible rules which
h-fitie his duties must he enforced with
nanly independence and the most perfect
ourtesy. lie must possess the determina- !
ion of Napoleon, with the suavity ol
?i.. -.. n i i i f i - . .
^viiiuiu. in' nas constantly ill charge j
lie lives of 111:1113 hundreds of people, ami {
it the same time, must, devote his lalents 1
,0 tlie interest of employers, who will bold
1 i 111 lo tlie strictest aeeou liability.
When on duty his judgment and his J
emper are almost constantly tried.? Here
ie conies across a brave fo il who will stand j
>11 the platform?there a consequential
;cntleinen who selfishly insists upon occu- '
iving two seats, to the manifest discomfort :
>f a halfdof.cn slanders. This gentlemen, |
aliom he has just aroused fiorn bacchanal i
1 1? 1 c. 1 1 1 1:- .1 1
n:tn n-IL lll> 1IUII1C illKl ll!S MIOIIKT !>(. j
liml liitu, ami in liis muddled condition
s utterly ignorant where lie lias come from,
>r whither lie is going. Mark how politely
he conductor hands linn from the car at ;
lie first stepping place, and assures liim lie |
f.ill find most excellent nccommodations
'ound the next corner. Next comes a cus- j
omer who travels on liis impudence, a j
roinmodity which does not pa:s current j
.villi rail road conductors, and he is assured
hat unless he produces liis ticket or his
money ho will reach his journey's end at
he next stopping place. The conductor
eceives his abuse with a smile, and while
lis angry customer is promising to report
tim at head quarters lie 'ands him on the
ilatform, there to wait for the next train
uid play the same game for another ten
mile ride. There are woman as well as men
who attempt to travel on "shape and talent1
without money. Doubtless necessity inJuees
ninny to attempt to travel without
money, but the largest number who refuse
laymeut do so out of pure "cussedness.'
\ll these classes of persons the conductor
nu>t disDose of without unneeessai v minor
Hire to others. lie must ;j$tfKjtee strict |
diedience to every regulation of llio road,
tnd ??ill in a great decree upon hiiu <! '[tends
its popularity. Uo must do disagreeable
things as politely as he would ask
i? lady to dance, and for a large share of the
unnoyances and disagreeahillitius of travel,
right or wrong, he wiil ha held responsible
Xf?n
>f human weakness, never make rail- j
road conductors. Those who suwued in j
lliis become models in their profession.
riiev are tlio neceRsilies of the railroad
system, created by it. The public owes
lliem much, and their employer* more
They are high minded ami honorable men
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mi uiu uiiininiiv niim?j miro hiiij umiijeis ui
llieir business renders them brave, resolute,
decided, cautious of risk, nn?l jnst and
jourt^ous to all.
The profession iA one of danger, responsibility
and hardship, but it has itB .leasures,
ind perhaps tho greatest of these is found
in the ,bigb esteem .which the intelligent
public? give to the mortal railroul conductor
Pittsburg (Peun.) Post.
Juoob JosEPn O. Baldwin.?We are not surprised
to aee the name of Joseph O Baldwin,
[wither of the "Flush Time*," a* a Judge of the
Supreme Court of California, prominently mentioned
in connection the vacant U. 8.
Senaiondiip from that Slate. He is fully com
petent for that or any other position at the bar
in the State, or the United States He has
risen rapidly, steadily and brilliantly ft the literary,
legal ?md political world,-cod we trpst
he may keep, oo rising. Mt. Baldwin is one 6f
the able and purest of the public of America.
He ie a native of Virginia?of course. *He is a
nephew of the late Judge Baldwin, ofSteanton,
and his father still resides in Lynchburg.?
Riehinotul^upateh.
Psoras Lsoi,MW.-Jbere has been i^roduced
into the Senate of Ohio a bill to putrfsh
all citipene convicted of raising military expeditions
for the purpose ot qrfcatiof Mrvileiiosorreetloas
ijn other State.,
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THE END OF GKEAT MEN.
I Iappi*niug to cast my eyes upon >i printed
page of miniature portraits, I perceived :
that the four personages who occupied (lie !
four most conspic uous places, were Alexan ;
der, Hannibal, Cajsar, ami Bonaparte. I j
hail seen tlie fame unnumbered times before j
hut uev??r did the same sensation arise in
my tiosom, as my mind hastily glanced over
their several histories.
Alexander, after having climbed tin; dizzy !
heights of liis ambition, and with his tcm- i
pies Iioiind with clin|iltits 'lipped in the '
blood of countless nations, looked down !
upon a conquered world and wept that there |
was not another world for bim to conquer,!
set a city on fire, atl<l died in f\ scer.e of I
debauch.
llannibal, after having, to the astonishment
and conste: nation of Koine, passed j
I
1 lie Alp??after having put to flight the
armies of this "mistress of the world,' and ;
stripped "three hnshtds* uf golden rings
from the fingers of lu*r slaughtered knights ;
and made her very foundations quake?fled |
from his country, being hated by those who !
or.c.e cxultingly united bis name to that of'
their God, ami railed him llanni Haul?and :
died at last by poism: administered by bis i
o?n band-, unlameiilcd and unwept, in a !
foreign laud.
Cjcsar, after having c.inquc.vd eight hun
?I!*? 1 cities and dyed his garments ill the
blood <if one miliior of iiis lues; after
having pursued (o death the only rival lu;
had on earth, was miserably as?H?>inated
by those he considered as his nearest friends
and in that very place, iho attainment of
which had be* *i his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and!
popes obeyed, after having filled the earth!
with the terror of his name?after having '
deluged Europe with tears and blood, and i
clolhed tli" world in bai.'lic.hjth? closed his '
days in lonely banishment, almost literally j
exiled from I lie worlil ; yet where he could j
sometimes see his ci.uiwi v's banner waving
over the deep, but which would not, or
could not bring him aid.
Thus those four moji, who, from the pe- j
culiar situation of (lieir portraits, seemed '
to stand as llic leprmiitatives of all whom
the world calls groat?tliusc lour, w!io ewh |
ill turn made the earth tremble to its very
centre by tlieir sii?|>le tread, severally died .
?one by intoxication, or. as some suppose i
by poi*on mingle 1 in his wine one n suicidu i
one murdered by liis friends?and one a
loueiy exile! "llow are the mighty fallen
!"
THE YOUNG WIDOW ON A SLEIGH RIDE.
It was winter, clear and cold, and the
miow was li'iely packed, when Dr. Meadows
was one of a sleighing party, whicli ho
describes, so far as lie and the young widow
Lambkin were concerned in the words following
.
The lively young Widow Labnikin sat in
the SillTlrt Kleirrli nmti?r t1w? como I
e>--?
robe with me.
"Oh ! oh ! don't!'she exclaimed, ns we
came to the first bridge, at the same time
catching me by the arm, and turning her
veiled face toward me. while her little eves
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twinkled tliroutjli the moonlight.
' Don't wliat ?' I asked. "I am not doing
anything.'.
o -x
"Well, hut I thought you were going to
take toll,* replied Mrs. Lambkin.
"Toll,* I rejoined, "what's that!'
"Well, I declare, cried llie Widow, her
clear laugh ringing out ahove the music of
th? hell*, "you pretend you don't know
what toll i? J'
"Indeed, I don't, then, I said laughing;
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1'AJMflllJ II >ui| jIM'jnv:.
"You never heard, then,'said the widow
must provokingly, "you never heard that
when we are on a sleigh ride the gentlemen
mIways, that is, sometimes, when they ?tross
n bridge, elaim a ki*s, and call it toll, liut
I never pay it.'
I said that I had never heard of it before,
bui when we come to the next bridge I
claimed the toll, and the widow's struggles
to hold the veil over iter face were not
enough to tear it. At last the veil was
removed, her round, rosy face was turned
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i? v:\si tjf um'niu millie-^ nuu 111 i.icai n^iit
of a frosty moon, the loll "whs t>ikeo?>Jfor the
first tiupe m his life, by Dr. Meadow*.
Soon we came to a long bridge, with
several arches ; the widow said it was no
use to resist a man who would have his
own way, so she paid the Loll without a
murmur^
"Hut you won't take toll for every arch,
will you Doctor}' the widow said so archly.
I did not ftil to exact all my dues, and that
whs tne ue^inning. r??vor ininu me rest.
The Lnmhkiu hud the Meaduws all to herself
iu the spring.
To Clean Knivks.?The moot simple
and beat way, is to rub the brick dost on
tbein with half of * raw potato. There
appears to be some virtoe in the juice of
he potato which aids i'o cle a ning them.
"I presume you won't charge anything
for just remembering mo,' said a one legged
sailor Us awooden-tog manufacturer. <*'
PLEASURES OF SKATING.
Wo find in iliu New York Times an edito- |
rial enthusiastically favorable to this 'ole- !
gant and manly amusement.' From its!
evil amorc article we clip llie following, of i
interest to those concerned :
And first as to tlie skate. This should |
never bo grooved or 'guttered' except for J
little boys and women, if women willskate. J
The edge of the groove cuts deeply into
the ice, and so impedes rapid progress, and
is almost fatal togiaeeful movement- For
the same reason the edge of the iron should
not be straight, but more or less curved,
that the point of resistance and friction
may bo hs small as possible, and that backward
movement may be as safe and as easy
as forwavd. A boy in his first season may
well have grooved, straight-ironed skates;
but if lie fiots on tolerably well, be ought to
be Upon smooth irons in his second, and
011 rockers in iiis third season. The rocker
patte rti is, however, sometimes overdone,
alio within a year or two skates have made
their appearance without the right angle at
the heel, by pressing which into the ice the
skater can suddenly arrest bis motion.
i nese <i > very wen i<>i* me mosi accomplished
ap<l boldest skaters, when all is plain
.sailing and there is no danger ahead ; hut
in case (if an impcndin;; collision, a break
in the ice, a sudden loss nl" balance, or any
of the many peri is against which I ho,
skater needs instant protection, they cannot
hen lied upon. Nor do they, as our observation
extend*,alVord advantages either for
rapidity or freedom of motion, even hackward.
to compensate for such great deficiencies
in point of security ; and we are
inclined to doubt whether they are in any
respect better than a welleurved rocker
(having an arc. for instance of from twenty
inches to two feet radius) with a right-angled
heel.
The iron should be as narrow as it can
be, and keep the feet well from the ice ; for
the higher the foot is raised the greater the
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sii.11 ii upon uic aucie.
'J he simpler your strapping is, the better
in everyway. Two straps?a long one to
go roiln< 1 ibe foot twice and buckle, with a
return over tiie toe, and a short licel-str??p
? are quite sufficient. 15ut do not use
skater, with laced shoes for straps ; your feet
will shift and roll in thorn. Let your own
sIiooj*, whirli lisicl bolter be boots, unci l>u as
snugly fittit>rr as purfi'ulcomfort will allow,
und as light also. If you need piotection
jigainsl mml or snow on your way to the
ic<\ wt-ar ovir.-liot'S not doublcsoled Loots.
The skaters feet need to be winged, not
weighted.
Tho skating dress sliould be warm, but
as compact as possible. llnck woolen
under clothes, a trick waistcoat and trowsers,
with a heavy, short-skirted coat or
sack, and a soft lint or cap, form the best
skating costume. But overcoat6,of whatever
nature, should never bo retained
upon the ice, though tliey should
be worn on going to it1 and, above all,
immediately when the skates are taken off;
and it is better, both for health and comfort
to walk home, or at least the first mile toward
it, than to ride. Indeed,the severe
old to which the skater is frequently ex
posed requires more consideration than it
generally receives; and* 110 petty bravado
or assumption of. manlineBs should prevent,
him from protecting himself well against
it. Above all, if he skate in a cold, cutting
wind, and be obliged to go with and
against it, he should, in the latter case
never skate, rigjit in the teeth of the blast,
but heal, mal&ftg his tacks as possible. A
neglect of this precaution may cost him an
inflammation of the lungs; a mahuly quite
'common in countries where skating i3an
ordinary mode of winter locomotion. Let the
skater also, Iwfore lie 9larts off upon a long
rapid stretch, move slowly over his skating
ground, and see if it have holes, or, what
is almost as bad, soft places, through which
' i irons may cut when he isib full career,
and throw him dangerously. And now
reminding him that if tlie ice cracks under
him, it will bear him in a horizontal position
when it will not if ho stands, and that
the lack of extra strap in his (Socket may
cost him his day's enjoyment, we ootnmeud
him to his noble sport, wishing him, when
he next goes a skating, black ice, sharpskates,
and a still day.
A Court Drkss.?At tho last President's
lrvee in Washington, considerable
amusement wa9 created during the evening
by tho rather Rtrange strange conduct and
uniform worn by a gentleman present, who
made himself unusually Conspiounun. It
was aM-ertained that he waa a stranger
from tho West, and bad been persuaded
to adopt tbe attire be wow.by some wagsi
who informed, him that-he- must wear a
court dress er melitary uniform on bis *ppearnce
at the reception of the President,
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four hundred yeap bave.etapaed atoee
the invention pnntmg, yet books Are not
its circulation all over tbe globe ; while tbe
Use of tObaco became universal within fifty
yean of ita discovery.
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WAK UPON LONG DRESSES.
An 'Autocrat' and an Empress?Dr. j
Holmes of Boston, andEugenic on llie oilier ;
side of tl?e Allan tie?h;ivo together opened |
the campaign. We join them by throwing \
in utir bumble bomb-shell in the shape of
I the following Scicntijic Problem :?
Humid womeu the pure
Floats an nir, we are sure,
That is sacrcd from all prufanatiun ; |
Hut those eddies of dirt
Swept up under her skirl?
How get they their purification f
Tn short, what is it that itiakes women
j '
; down with tho dust !' Hut leaving this !
problem to bo solved, let us quote what \
says tho Autocrat of the l3reakfast-Tab!o
i
1 on l ho subject :?
'Hut confound the make believe women :
wo liavo tinned loose in our streets ; where i
7 . |
| do they como from ? Why, thero isn't a
beast or bird that would drag ilstail j
. through the dirt in the way these creatures j
: do their dresses. Because a q'lecn or a
duchess wears long rubes on great occa- i
clnitB ? 1 ,.f -.11 ...?1- ? ? f ? " I
wnt-j iiiwiu'vt'dii'UUl IV) WI ?l IrtUlUI J i^U Ij j
| thinks she must mako herself a nuisance '
by trailing through tho street, pick.
ing up dirt and carrying it about with her
?bah ! that's what I call getting vulgarity
into your bones and marrow. Making be
lieve be what you are not, is the essence of
; vulgarity. Show over dirt is the one at- j
tribute of vulgar people. If any man can i
. walk hehiad one of these women, and see ,
| what she rakes up as she goes, and not feel ,
j squeamish, he has got a tough stomach. I
j wouldn't let one of them into my room j
! without serving them as David did Saul at .
the cave in the wilderness?cut oft' his i
: |
I rdcirts. Don't tell ine that a true lady ever I
sacrifices ihe duly of keeping all around her j
! sweet and clean, to the wish of making a
I i . .
j vulgar show. I won't believe it of a lady. j
There are some things whieli 110 fashion !
has any right lo touch, and cleanliness is one J
of these tilings. If a worn in wishes to show j
i 'hat her hu?hand or h.T father has got j
j money, which she wants and means to j
spend, but dosen't know how, let her buy a
yard or two of silk and pin it to her dress
when she goes out to walk, but let her nn|
pin it before she goes into the house; there
iimy no Minn- |ii!>>r wuili:iu IIWU will UIIIIK 11
worth disiiiftiutittj*.'
A lid thus says a paragraph in ihe'IYib\
ilno, as to the blow struck at tho fashion by
I the Km press :?
4 We did not give all the news of the
I banishment of crinoline by the Empress
j Eugenie. It is now our joyful duty to add
j that, at the request of her majesty, which
I at miirf r.mmintft tn 9 nnminmiil f,,pnrnm.
cnades in ordinary toilettes, moussclcite tie
lain has been adopted. All drosses will be
of this material, but not long and trailing.
They are to be short, so as to show lb e
lower part of the leg a little.'
Grace Greenwood, however, ihinlcs tho
war likely to be desperate. She said in
her Lecture at Uoston : ?
4I have had my heroic moments, when I
even dreamed myself equal to the part of
Joan of Arc, and Grace Darling ; but never,
in iny utmost exultation, have I felt c??.
pablc of leading in this de*parate effort to
row against the wind and title, perhaps the
mountainous billows of ridicule. I might
bo tortured by the pin-pricks of newspnp3r
wit, and smile amid my pain ; I might b?j
cut by high fashion, and survive; but'jf
must confess'Young America' on tiie street
cornors would nppal me !'
Wo must add, to this, that wo liaar of
two variations of the fashion below the
knee?first, a slightly constructed rail car
to bo a wheel-boarer of a lady's skirt as
6ho walks the street, and sccond, an intro
auction of the Spanish custom of silver
anklets for those who choose to walk out
in short petticoats. Home Journal.
A LAWYEB'S OBATION.
I remember oncc, when I was a young
man, living up in New Ilamshire they dedicated
a new bridge, and invited a young
lawyer to deliver an oration. The lawyijyr
had never yet, nfter a fortnight's pfactico,
had the honor of being retained, and tho opportunity
of establishing a reputation was admirable.
Tho day came, and witl* it to tho
bridge came tho multitude and the orator.
I lie hnd made no written preparation, Mat
being, lie had fcfe^n told, unlawyer-like?a
lawyer being supposed to?apable of speaking
without note or notico, any number of
hours, od any subject, in a atyloff' thrilling
eloquencer "So our orator trusted to tbe
occasion. He stood out upon the platform
and, ainid the profound attention of bis
audience, commenced:
Fell^ citizena : Fi ve-and-forty years ago,
this brTQge, built by your enterprise, was
part and parcel of the howling*wilderness 1
He paused a moment 'Yes, fellow-citizens,
only five and forty years ago, tbis bridjff,
where we now stand, was part andparca! of
tbe bowling wilderness l* Again btittased
[Cries of *Goo- t go oo Hera wis tbe
1 feol it hardly necessary to wpeat,
tlmS this-' bridge* fellow-ci ti aeni," only flveand-forty
yearn ago, was parcel of |&e bowling
wilderness ; and I will coflrhideby saying
tbat I with it was part find parcel qf it
own/*
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CELEBRATED AUTHORS.
Dr. Johnson preferred conversation 16
books, and owned that ho had hardly rtad
a single book through, declaring that tho
perpetual task of reading was as bad as
slavery in the mine, or labor at tho oar-.
Ilyron was an exceedingly rapid wrileV
and composer, lie produced tho whole cf
tho "Bride of Abydos' in a single night;,
and it is said without even mending his
pen. The pen is now preserved in tho
lirilish Museum.
Pope never could eomporc well without
(irst declaiming for some timo at the top of
his voice, and thus rousing his nervous
system to the fullest activity. lie says,
"the thing* 1 have written quickest have
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aivwiys pi cased iiic uesi.'
A friend once 1 to Moore, tlio poet,
that his versos must slip (.ft'his tongue as if
by magic. "Why, sir,* replied Moore,"that
line cost me hours, <lays and weeks of attrition
before it would come.'
Tt cost Lord Lyttleton twenty years, to.
write the "Lilo and History of Ilonry II;'
?(Jibbon was twelve years in completing
his "Decline and Fall ofthelloman Empire ;
and Adam Smith occupied ten years in"
producing his "Wealth of Nations.1
Calvin studied in bis bed. Every morni
tig,at five or six o'clock, ho bad book,
manuscript and paper brought to him Miere
and bo worked on for hours together. If
be bad occasion to go out, on his return ho
undressed and went to bed again, there to
resume bis studies.
Bacon could only compose in a small
study ; he fancied that a contrcted room
helped him to condense his thoughts, and
always invested the ceremony of writing'
with solemnity. Ho knelt down before
composing his great works, and prayed for
light from Heaven.
Balzac, tlio finest writer in French prose
who gives vast majesty arid harmony to
his periods, lias been known to ba^tow a
j Week upon a single page of composition,
j and was never satisfied with the first pro|
duclion of his thoughts.
Martin Luther's literary labors were
j enormous, during an interval of less that
i thirty years, he published seven hundred
j and fifty volumes ; some were pamphlets,
; but the most were large and elaborate
I treaties. lie was very fond of his ^og
which was ever by his side.
'The Comforts of Human Life,' by R.
Heron, were written in a prison under tho
most distressing circumstances. 'The Miscries
of Human Life,' by I3eresf-rd,' were,
on tho contrary, composed in a drawing
room, where the author was surrounded by
every luxury.
Steele wt-ote excellently on temperance
iVhen' lie was sober." Sallust, who declaimed
so eloquently against the licentiousness
of tho age, was hims$!f,a habitual debauchee.
Johnson's "ca&liy on politeness is ad
mil-able, but lie himself was a perfect boor.
Young's gloomy verses give ones the bitten,
but ho was a brisk, lively man.
Wo finJ the depressed and melancholy
Cowper, win passed so m'any days of
| religipus despnudenoy and doubt, devoting
the hours of night to the production of the
mirth- provoking story of'John Gilpin.'
All thd friends of Sterne knew him to'
bo n most selfioh man, yet, n's a writer, he
| a excelled in pathos and charity. At one
! time beating his wife, at another wasting
his sympathies over a dead donkey. So
Seneca wrote in praises of poverty, on a
table of solid gohT", with millions let out at
usuiy.
It is a remarkable fact thnt the mass of
poetry which gave Burns his principal
fame burst from him in a very short space
of time, not exceeding fifteen months. It
o Di,,i,i.in iinnftiimi? flow, which seemed'
soon to exhaust itself.
Lord Brougham hns At last begiin to distrust
bis memory He rend his speech at
Dradford. It was, however, a very long
one, filling six columns of "the Times, close
| print.
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[ Life appears to be too short to be spent
j in nursing animosities or registering
wruujju. . +
The last accounts from Peru give some
indications of ill-feeling on their part to
wards us. We should, of course, bate to
have the Peruvians bite up, though we have
no objection to n little Peruvian bark. ?
Almost every sheet of newspaper ttsect by
the press in North Carolina, Sooth Carolina
Georgia and Alabama, is of Souther nmanufactore.
Three-fourths of all that is used
in New Orleans is mode at the North. In
Tennessee, it is divided between North nqd
Sooth, The Southern Methodist Book
Coaooru gets most of thein from North of
Mason <k Dixoo'e Lino.. Most oC, tbenews-'
papers of that are manofactured South.^
Advice to TaAvkwie.?
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